V J i .. V i i ¥ DEVOUT ESSENCE. The Basin of the Heart That Bubbles With Sin Is Transform- ed Into a Reservoir of Sacred- nessbythe Rev. Talmaga --"The Departed Still Living" His Text. < Our Beloved Departed are Costumed in the Most Brilliant of Holy Habiliments— They Shining With a Holy Lustre. Brooklyn, Dec., 9.—The Rev. T. DoWitt l'almago, I). D., preached to-duy on "Our Departed Still Living." His text whs Genesis ch. 45, v. 27 and 28: "And when he saw the wagon which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob thoir father revived. And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alivo." Dr. Talmage said: The Egyptian capital was the focus of the world'8 wealth. In ships and barges, there had been brought to it from India frankin- cense, and cinnamon, and ivory, and diamonds; from the North, marble and iron; 'from Syria, purple and silk; from Greoee, some of the finest horses of tho world, and some of tho most brilliant chariots; and from all the earth that which c...

k" f I * . « tl I) II II, V " III !>l III N '•jA iT Hi 0 th <u i* ft ul <> l it wi. i);. lit 110 ile 'It, )>i 1 in' i'nt r i o • v. Ml li? frev l>h tin u.l 2 THE MIIEOU WEEKLY MOItTOIt. PUBI.IHIIKI) KVKRY HATUItDAY BY W. I . TKAOAItl>EN. Saturday, Dec. 15, 1888. Entered at the post office as second- d«M matter. .Tim Kurt Worth Gazette is out in her new holiday suit looking as bewitching as a bride. The Ga- tette ih getting a long way up to- ward the head of the class of Southern journals and merits well the place. Thk treatment that Rutherford B. Hays has received at the hands of the Republican party during the last eight years is nothing short of a confession of guilt by that party in the great case of the theft of the presidency in 1876. The new State capitol has been formally received. Statement of cost shows that it cost the contrac- tors $3,264,580, this being a frac- tion over one dollar per acre for tho 3,000,000 acres of land paid the syndicate for the b...

7 r: SWSSWiP 5 m «3i i¥l> if ii CURRENT EVENTS One rymnd of seed will yield about 10,030 asparagus stalks, Lundou'a paupein the necond week of Octo- )_f bcr numbered 93,54"i, It ousts $|,2in),uoo per aunuiu to keep the streets of Parte clean, W kcllelj ban u millionaire who sleeps In the barn Willi his liorso. A parliament was hell In Edinburgh Scot- land, by A exunder II., In 131'). In the Sandwich Islands the mitlv, pnlnt their faces and knock out their front teeth In UMUrilllig for I heir friends. The Arctic whaling season for 1SS8 Is about over. Tlio catch this year Is reported at im whuli'S, acalust '-i93 lust year. At. last accounts there were no fewer than I.G4S iiewspancrs and periodicals published In 1 '.it-is. Of this number Freemasonry claimed •-'4. (.'opper ahoHthlna was first Hiipllnd tn tlm bottom of vvsselu In 17(11, when the Emrhuli naval vessel Alarm was so sheathed at Wool which. 'llie llrst pitent ever Issued In Ame.-lca was given 1o Samuel Hopkins, of I'lli a ...

V v/ rrrvrr- !fl —r ' ^■'" 1 1 >1 « I v_ .vi ivi f 'C> Utou^u I BY ANNA M. Pit ATT. } *5Vjh lJ r hunt pi i V>xuuber, anu Tommy w« trying T mYiwl vfiiie nw;;!re white the Old Year wm Cyinp; I'ut his eyes loll to winUliip, and lost ho thoiild flo-o, rtuitthom n uiouion;. io gain that repose Wilful dud of body, important to keep ■"tonight, wtiem watching whilo other bays olooi*. Niw Tommy was not a courageous young cfeu>, And lit* lir.ir stood on end us he heard a loud rap <* a picture, and saw coming right through the frftino A ftwtRstio procession of blind folk and' lama. They to his side, and poor Tom stood .<#hasi., Am ho hoard thorn exclaim, 'Wo have found you at last! We re the year's resolutions—you thought \n> were good Wht n you made us and left us to grow as wo could, And 'tis right you should know 'tis entire- ly your fnult Thnt wo stoop, lire one sided, and withered and halt." "Yes," raid one who was cross-eyed, "I'm fast growing blind Because you've of...

M •f i 'te i 1 is ■■ w \ THE MIKEOLi WEEKLY MONITOR. publisher every saturday by W. II. TKAGARDEV. Saturday, Dcc. 22, 1888. Entered at the pout office an uecouJ- class matter. There are nearly twenty contests filed to seats in the next house of representatives. At Palestine on December 12th, W. D. Young was put on trial for the murder of Chris Itodgcrs on the 27th of July last. On the 13th at 0:30 o'clock the jury rendored a verdict of not guilty. On January 5th n convention will be held in Dallas to consider the question of securing a better road law and better roads for the whole State. Who will represent Wood county in that meeting? Dallas people are getting quite a reputation for the skillful manage- ment of their ministerial investiga tions and for the amplitude and dazzling brilliancy of their saccrdo tal white coatings. The first thing in order after the election of a president is to rake up the geneology of both branches of the royal family, and a town so unfortunate; as to ...

I- v4 fa kj s * SUCH A LITTLE ONE. The Totof Humanity Recently Born In Burlington, N. J. Burlington believes it lias the tiniest «peclc of humanity in existence, says the Philadelphia Press. The protege of the Quaker town on the Delaware river is little Joseph Lippincott. who weighs less thttu two pounds. When this di- minutive oiti/.en puts his thumb in his mouth, a bud liahit ho has recently ac- quired. lie holds to view the smallest of human hands, perhaps, over seen. The. for*•linger is a* thick as a pigeon quiU and only an inch in length. In [ fact, an ordinary shoe oyelel would j serve him as a linger ring. When this liiipuliau Jerseyinan ' stretches himself, which lie often does, I he only measures fourteen inches from tho soles of his little feet to tho top of his auburn-crowned palo. The other day the boy was placed in his father's derby hat and ho weighed less than two pounds with all "fixings" on. He lias be.'ii nearly three months acquiring all this avoirdupois and lias ...

mm T" THE chance of a Lifetime to boy GOODS AT T"OITR OWN PRICE I ■V V o El 1 p r J - A - CASPARY Jlas abandoned all idea of profit for the present season and will sell goods from now until January 1st, 188*.), regardless of cost or consequences. His stock is full and complete in every department, consisting of B&-' Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Gents Furnishing Goods, Di -ess goods. Also a complete line of staple and Fancy Groceries, Tobaccos. Etc,, Etc. These goods are for sale, and they will be offered at prices that will sell them. Everything in the house is fresh and new, bought under the most favorable circumstances and carefully selected. The Attention of the Ladies Is especially called to ths magnificent line of fine Wraps, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Worsted, comprising all the most fashionable styles and shades of fine Dress Goods, and their attention is particularly directed to the complete line of LADIES HATS, LACES, RIBBONS, GLOVES, HOSERY, FINE CORSETS...

rtEAVENt.Y WATCHERS MAI V (.l:\NI MA.IOI'« IV 4! I- r j I 1 m i t si When the loved nf our hearts have gone home to their rout, In the mansions ubovo, where tho weary are bloat; Whore mid hearts tliiit know not what hap- piness meant, Vail their eyes from tho radiunco and nigh with content; Can thoy thoro, safoi encircled by strong iiriiiH nnd true, Look nt us us wo linger, and soo what we do) Will their Father who wipotli all tours from their oyoh, Lot them nolo all our wnnd'ringK and list to our sighs! Ah, ii' I'aul In his prison tlio angels might bless, So our loved ones ubovo long to sootho rour dist ress, And as linger wo still in our prison house hi re, They bring visions of heaven nnd happiaoss near. Methinks us wo shrink from ulllictlon's dread rod, Or doubt, in our anguish, tho love of our (Jod, Have we felt not, though knowing no vision or dream, That the I'eet of our loved have re-crossed the dark stream, And that by us thoro lingered u presence we know, While a peaeo, no...

r r- /■ < ~~f V V •', ■ ■■' "J .J JpWfr , -••'S^v.\-J*«*f A, ill I Rrue ■j\ ,'>7j i Th* TWt "I saw an amusing Incident early thU morning," said a policeman to a traveling- man. , "What was itl" "It occurred about half-past one in the morning. A certain gentleman got out of a hack and went up the steps of his residence. He hesitated a mlnuto and then pulled the doorbell. Presently* window opened up above sndawcmauout her toad out of it _ jgtkmt ymt, dmrl* be luoui-wt T "Yee," she replied. . "Lemme in," said be. . •-Bay truly ruraL" . "Toory looral." *' "You can't come In," she responded promptly, and shut the window down. Be waited a moment more and then got back Into the hack.—Merchant Traveler. Lot the Poor Husband. " Lo," said the Now England wife to her aboriginal spouse, " the larder is empty, 1 see, and we need another rug or two for the ground. Will you have the goodness to step to the door with your bow and arrow and bring down a buffalo!" "Ugh!" grunted the poor Indian...

"~\-X iv. y'■ ' r i y ,a h f CHRISTMAS NIGHT. Description of One Six Hundred Years Ago. /it: t um pro buck into imagination Kotno «ix hundinil yuiirs. It in <'Iii'IhIimim nltflit. in evory town in Ktiropit tin belli* mi1 riiiH'ln/,' merrily, and tin.' pno pic, nolili- it ikI si in jil < ■ nlilic. arc Ktrcnm- iny toward tlio cliurcii or catlicdrul, «umli fiiiiiily or }jron|> prccccdwl l y it.- lantern boarcr. for street lights lint few and fur between. We will Hti)>po>c our- si Ivci in ChoHter, in Hoticn, in A'cronn, or in Seville tlm nanio and tin; place inntter little, the niediieval <'hrlHtnniri iisdifes from tie Kle\entli to tlic Si.<- t.e 'iiili Century bciny the saui" nil over Wi'.M'lerii Kurnpe. MntiuH have just, ended with the ••'i'e Drum." and there is n movement of oxpi etiition in I In* clnfrch and a mint I in of feet, for I) for • I he ceh br.it ion of muss we are to insist in the dramatic Ofllcer of the Miepherd-i. it 'hind and above the al- tar Is p...